Arizona Speedway - Wild West Shootout UPDATES............... 01-07-2018

[HoosierDirtFan]

Arizona Speedwa
Queen Creek, Arizona

Sunday, January 7th 2018
Wild West Shootout - Night #2

Anyone seen a car count yet for the 3 classes racing?

[HoosierDirtFan]

Car Counts
50 Super Late Models - 1 new car Mike Mereska (New York Driver) with help from Russ King. 2nd Super Late Model start. 1st was at Cherokee last year for Blue / Gray 100.
50 USRA Modifieds
41 X-Mods

141 total cars

[HoosierDirtFan]

Heat Race Groups

Group 1
Conell
O'Neil
Marlar
Franklin
Weiss
Shaw
Ahumada Jr.
Deetz
Bluhm

Group 2
Daly
Carter
Rauen
Moriarty
Junghans
Peters
Ortega
Maresca - New driver tonight from New York
Phillips

Group 3
Kellick
Stultz
Davis
C. Smith
Toste
Sheppard
Dillard
Alberson

Group 4
Whitwell
Barnett
Thorton Jr.
Bolt
Kay
Rob Sanders
Masters
Pierce

Group 5
Breazeale
Ju. Duty
Theiss
Mass
Bartels
Jo. Duty
Hunzicker
Simpson

Group 6
Beard
Ward
Mayea
Rodney Sanders
Siebert
Matthees
Gustin
Spatola

TIME TRIALS TO COME.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Super Late Model Heat Race Line-Ups.
Heat 1
157 Mike Marlar - 7 Ricky Wess
42s Don Shaw - 0 Jake O'Neil
45 Dustin bluhm - 28 John Cornell
17 Billy Franklin - 54 Carlos Ahumada Jr.
R5 Dave Deetz

Heat 2
18 Chase Junghans - 32B Clay Daly
75 Terry Phillips - 51 Joey Moriarty
22 Jon Ortega - 98 Jason Rauen
5T Terry Carter - 7mm Mike Maresca
78 Ed Peters

Heat 3
97 Cade Dillard - B5 Brandon Sheppard
44 Clint Smith - 91T Tony Toste
3K Tanner Kellick - 01 Garrett Alberson
7D Jake Davis - 78s Steve Stultz

Heat 4
32 Bobby Pierce - 96 R.C. Witewell
10N Rob Sanders - 15K Justin Kay
6 Ricky Thorton Jr. - 3x Laydon Bolt
18 Cody Barnett - 9 Mike Masters

Heat 5
32 Chris Simpson - 54 David Breazeale
15 Justin Duty - 7D Austin Theiss
12 Nick Bartels - 15x John Duty
45 Eric Mass - 38 Thomas Hunzicker

Heat 6
2T Ryan Gustin - 89 Mike Spatola
90 Lance Matthees - 37 Scott Ward
16 Austin Siebert - 86 Kyle Beard
20 Rodney Sanders - 37 Rob Mayea

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3 Transfer
TOP 5
Heat 1 - Marlar, Weiss, Shaw, Franklin, & O'Neil

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3 transfer
Top 5
Heat 2 - Junghans, Daly, Phillips, Moriarty, & Rauen

[Illtsate32]

Thanks for updates race monitor not working as usual...

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3 transfer
Top 5
Heat 3 - Dillard, Sheppard, Alberson, C. Smith, & Kellick

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3 transfee
Top 5
Heat 4 - Pierce, Kay, Whitwell, Thorton Jr., & Barnett

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3 transfer
Top 5
Heat 5 - Breazeale, Simpson, Ju. Duty, Theiss, & Bartels

[HoosierDirtFan]

Top 3 transfer
Top 5
Heat 6 - Gustin, Spatola, Ward, Beard, & Siebert

Good racing between Gustin and Spatola trading slide jobs

[Illtsate32]

Theres motor failure #1 for Pierce..

[kidrocket1]

Pierce put on Facebook that they broke a motor...

[Illtsate32]

Should have plenty of time to change it the feature prob aint for a few hours...

[HoosierDirtFan]

B-Main Line-Ups

B-Main 1
Franklin - Moriarty
C. Smith - O'Neil
Rauen - Kellick
Davis - Bluhm
Maresca - Stultz
Deetz - Carter
Toste - Ahaumada Jr.

B-Main 2
Thorton Jr. - Theiss
Beard - Barnett
Bartels - Siebert
Bolt - Mass
Rod. Sanders - Rob Sanders
Jo. Duty - Mayea
Masters - Hunzicker
Matthees - Peters

[Illtsate32]

Pierce will start from the pole if he makes it out...

[Highside Hustler25]

Theres motor failure #1 for Pierce..

Marlar had 2 failures last year with a less funded team than D.B. We all know how his year turned out.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Super Late Models A-Main Feature
40 Laps - $5,000 to win
ROW 01. Pierce - Gustin
ROW 02. Breazeale - Junghans
ROW 03. Marlar - Dillard
ROW 04. Weiss- Daly
ROW 05. Sheppard - Kay
ROW 06. Simpson - Spatola
ROW 07. Shaw - Phillips
ROW 08. Alberson - Whitwell
ROW 09. Ju. Duty - Ward
ROW 10. C. Smith - Beard
ROW 11. O'Neil - Rodney Sanders
ROW 12. Kellick - Thorton Jr.
ROW 13. Toste

[HoosierDirtFan]

USRA Modified A-Main Feature up next.

[Hollis]

Pierce will start from the pole if he makes it out...Starting pole should be a win.

[slmcrewchief99]

Theres motor failure #1 for Pierce..
It's a Roush/Yates built by Larry Wallace. Pretty good combo. I can guarantee you the builder is as good as any out there.

[HoosierDirtFan]

USRA Modified Feature
Top 5
A-Main - 1. Johnny Scott, 2. Shane Sabraski, 3. Jason Krohn, 4. Jake O'Neil, & 5. Matt Leer

[HoosierDirtFan]

Up next the Pro Power 10 lap Dash for $1,000 or tag the tail of the Super late model feature.
X-Mods A-Main Feature will be after the Dash

[HoosierDirtFan]

Tony Toste #91 wins Pro Power Dash and elects to transfer to the Super Late Model A-Main Feature starting 25th.

[thexfactor0210]

Any idea where Ricky Thornton finished in the mod feature

[HoosierDirtFan]

Super Late Model Feature here we go.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Pierce Leads 10 laps in. Pierce, Weiss, Marlar, Sheppard, & Breazeale Top 5.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Lap 10 Caution for Cade Dillard. Possible flat tire. Dillard rejoins the field after tire change.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Weiss inside Pierce to the lead at lap 29.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Weiss and Pierce swapping lead. Pierce leads again.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Weiss is all over Pierce for the lead 20 down. 20 laps to go. Marlar closing on Weiss.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Weiss and Pierce get together Pierce caught Weiss Bumper. Weiss off track into turn 1 tire berries. There was a heck of a battle for the lead.

[Shiny Side Up 18]

Pierce just dumped Weiss.

[Illtsate32]

What happened did they crash I was on Ciaras instagram they were fighting on the infield...

[HoosierDirtFan]

Weiss closed the door a bit on Pierce. Bobby came off the wall a bit. Bobby didn't have much time to lift. racing deal.

[Illtsate32]

Ciara was broadcasting live by the way which was sweet but couldnt see what happened...

[GregA12]

Pierce just dumped Weiss.

Definitely looked like it was all Pierce watching it live but on the replay it looked like Weiss moved up to pinch off Pirece and Pierce kept his nose in there. Quite the battle before that. VERY aggressive driving on both their parts but highly entertaining.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Back green 16 laps to go. Simpson broke.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Pierce, Marlar 1st and 2nd.

[Illtsate32]

I dont know why they told Pierce to go high after the 1st caution he could of cruised down low it was easily the fast way around...

[HoosierDirtFan]

Marlar looking for a way around Bobby. Marlar all over Bobby for the lead. Caution for Scott Ward.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Back green. 10 laps to go. Caution back out for R.C. Whitwell on the restart

[HoosierDirtFan]

10 laps to go. Restart - Pierce, leads Marlar, Shaw, Gustin, & Sheppard

[Cardirt0]

Be for i say a thing i will wate to see it on DoD

[HoosierDirtFan]

Back Green. Don Shaw gets by Marlar for 2nd.

[HoosierDirtFan]

5 laps to go. Shaw all over Pierce for the lead.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Shaw Leads Pierce.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Don Shaw Wins over Pierce & Marlar.

[Shiny Side Up 18]

Crazy race. Awesome racing surface.

[Cardirt0]

Sounds like Shaw earned it coming from 13.....

[Illtsate32]

Weiss has been real impressive so far..and no offense but who the heck is Don Shaw driving past Marlar and Pierce..lol

[Cardirt0]

Weiss has been real impressive so far..and no offense but who the heck is Don Shaw driving past Marlar and Pierce..lol

Thats why DoD is calling it a upset lol

[Illtsate32]

Boy il say Weiss and Shaw take the first two out west wow...

[MI Dirt Fan]

It was Shaw's 3rd career WWSO win

[GregA12]

It was Shaw's 3rd career WWSO win

He's really run well with that new Moyer car. Like they said, 34 wins last year and a WISSOTA Championship. Always seems to run well in AZ. too but just doesn't run much open stuff overall. Didn't even race the USA Nationals even though Cedar Lake is about an hour away from his home.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Super Late Model A-Main Feature
RESULTS
01. Don Shaw
02. Bobby Pierce
03. Mike Marlar
04. Ryan Gustin
05. Brandon Sheppard
06. Terry Phillips
07. David Breazeale
08. Mike Spatola
09. Kyle Beard
10. Rodney Sanders
11. Clint Smith
12. Garrett Alberson
13. Ricky Thorton Jr.
14. Jake O'Neil
15. Tony Toste
16. Clay Daly
17. Tanner Kellick
18. R.C. Whitwell
19. Scott Ward
20. Justin Kay
21. Chase Junghans
22. Chris Simpson
23. Ricky Weiss
24. Justin Duty
25. Cade Dillard

[GEAR_HEAD]

Thats why DoD is calling it a upset lol

It's really not that big of an upset. Only people who don't pay attention don't know how good he's been, especially in 2017.

[pushin cushin]

Weiss has been real impressive so far..and no offense but who the heck is Don Shaw driving past Marlar and Pierce..lol

Hahaha,I was thinking the same thing. I asked my buddy, what the he11 got into Shaw! Congrats to him and his Team!

[pushin cushin]

It's really not that big of an upset. Only people who don't pay attention don't know how good he's been, especially in 2017.
He did have a great 2017, but a week or two ago not many would have said after two rounds of the WWS that Weiss and Shaw would have wins. No disrespect, just reality. Now looking ahead, it’s possible one or both might win again!

[Cardirt0]

Will On the bobby crash I don't see were Bobby did something wrong....Was not him just hard racing....

[rickybrown1952]

I watched the partial video on DOD. from what I saw &I watched it several times at the time of the so called wreck. Weiss was in the middle of the track pierce was at the top Weis came up to the top his right rear quarter pannel hit pierces left front quarter panel and took his self out. I started and stopped the video several times so that's what I saw

[double doot]

Watched dod free practice Friday and I thought they said Don Shaw doesnt even have a open Motor. He has a limited motor of some kind. Does anyone know if that is correct?

[flagone]

No he NORMALLY runs a 525 in WISSOTA but he has a Vic Hill Open engine.

[Chris Thomason]

Over shadowed by the wreck and fussing, but did they ever say what happened to the engine? Was a repair made or did they swap? I assume if he swapped engines there isn't one of those rules about starting tail?

[Highside Hustler25]

Over shadowed by the wreck and fussing, but did they ever say what happened to the engine? Was a repair made or did they swap? I assume if he swapped engines there isn't one of those rules about starting tail?

I believe it dropped a valve and they did swap out motors just in time.

[Kwd1253]

Over shadowed by the wreck and fussing, but did they ever say what happened to the engine? Was a repair made or did they swap? I assume if he swapped engines there isn't one of those rules about starting tail?

Don't think they have rule for engine swap go to the rear. But talking about motors, look like Vick Hill motor two for two so far.

[fryefan]

Congratulations to Don Shaw and his crew on the win last night.

[Hollis]

Wissota guy with power. Congrats.B-Shep rather silent do far.

[No_Weak_Links]

Wissota guy with power. Congrats.B-Shep rather silent do far.I don't know what the difference is but he doesn't seem to run well in his own car.

[Bubstr]

I believe it dropped a valve and they did swap out motors just in time.

It would take more clean up time than you have for a valve problem. Change them out is best. Also if you have a valve or cam problem, it usually happens the first night out and usually a material problem. It happens to everyone sooner or later.

[blncfn57]

I don't know what the difference is but he doesn't seem to run well in his own car.

Not sure if it's 'the difference' or not, but the family car does not have a Durham engine.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Don't think they have rule for engine swap go to the rear. But talking about motors, look like Vick Hill motor two for two so far.

Vic Hill motors actually ran pretty well last season.

[Crossbones]

I don't know what the difference is but he doesn't seem to run well in his own car.

I think he won more than half of the races he ran in his own car last year.